Daya Singh

Bhai
Daya Singh
Ji
ਦਇਆ ਸਿੰਘ
Daya Singh, one of the inaugural/original Panj Pyare, depicted in an old Sikh fresco from inside an abandoned Sikh samadhi located in Kot Fateh Khan, Attock, Punjab, Pakistan
Panj Pyare
In office
1699–1708
Bhai Daya Singh Samparda
Succeeded byBaba Sobha Singh (Anandpur Sahib)
Personal life
Born
Daya Ram

1661
Lahore, Punjab (modern-day Pakistan)
Died1708 (aged 47)
Nanded, India
Parents
  • Bhai Suddha ji (father)
  • Mai Dayali ji (mother)
Known for
  • Mukhi of the original, inaugural Panj Pyare
  • The first to answer the call by the Guru for a sacrifice
  • Founder of Bhai Daya Singh Samparda
OccupationShopkeeper, later a General and a Teacher
Religious life
ReligionSikhism
InstituteKhalsa

Daya Singh (Punjabi: ਦਇਆ ਸਿੰਘ (Gurmukhi); born Daya Ram; 1661–1708) was one of the Panj Pyare, the first five Sikhs to be initiated into the Khalsa order in 17th-century India. Among the inaugural panj piare quintet, he is traditionally the highest-regarded as he was the first to answer the call for a sacrifice from the guru. Daya Singh was an educated Sikh, with literature being attributed to his authorship.

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